Operation Sports MLB 13 The Show Community Impressions Thread

[Millennium]

Now that the game is released to all, this is the place to post your impressions.

As a reminder, this is not a thread for questions. Please use the MLB 13 The Show Q&A thread for that.

[Majingir]

Just so people can see results from a game with default sliders:

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First game played and it was GREAT. I used 01 Jays jersey and the D-Rays jersey for Tampa. Played at bayfront park. 1-0 Jays 2-1 D-Rays 3-2 Jays 4-2 Jays 5-4 D-Rays 6-5 Jays 7-5 Jays 7-6 Jays(FINAL score) D-Rays-6 runs,11 hits,0 errors,2HR(4 runs driven in cause of it) Jays-7 runs,13 hits,2 errors,3HR(5 runs driven in cause of it) Tough time trying to control Dickeys knuckleball(while I did strikeout 3 guys with Dickey, I let up 7 hits,4ER in 5IP with him) I'd say maybe 2-3 runs are cause of user controlled errors on my team(stupid mistakes like not having my guy facing exact angle to catch the ball,and leaving throw canceling on so my guy didn't throw on an easy out) Jays: Reyes went 4-5(a HR away from hitting for cycle) Lawrie went 3-4(all 3 were doubles!) Lind went 2-4(2HR,4RBI) D-Rays: Jennings went 3-5 Joyce went 2-4(a HR,2RBI) Molina went 2-4(a HR,2RBI) Both teams struck out 6 times,6 of the 24 hits were doubles I threw 77% of pitches for strike(111 pitches total in 9IP) CPU threw 80% of pitches for strike(94 pitches total in 8IP) Hits were all down the middle(meaning mid-high,mid-center,mid-low) for BOTH teams,only 1 hit of the 24 weren't in one of the 3 middle blocks

[rp05ev]

I have the digital downloaded version.

Played my first game (playoff mode), and the atmosphere and crowd noise were excellent, felt like how a playoff game should feel like. Loving the new ball physics, ball behaves extremely realistic and a huge improvement from last years version. Game looks great, sharper and better lighting than last years version.

Now the cons:

I didn't experience the "pitcher stutter" in my first game, however every cut scenes (batter walk up, circling the bases after homerun, dugout scenes, etc)...pretty much every cut scene had a easily noticeable stutter/lag which was really distracting. Got to the point where I just skipped every cut scene at the end.

Commentary is still pretty dull, new guy is a improvement, but main guy is still stale and really needs to be replaced.

I really hope they release a patch to fix the cut scene and pitcher (I only played one game, so still haven't experienced the pitcher stutter) stutter/lag.

Eagerly waiting for the servers to come online and hoping online experience will be better than last years.

[iRepIndiana]

The visuals on this game is amazing.

Day game at Wrigley vs the Cards was awesome. The sights and sounds were all spot on. Minus the scoreboard some things are wrong on it but overall very, very impressive from SCEA.

[Lovesports]

A very polished game. Happy to say that my game doesn't skip nearly as much as I've heard others do. I am very impressed with the way players turn into a cyber photo after a trade, really makes things authentic when everyone has the same team hat. Hit variety is clear and a great addition. Still trying to figure out scouting so hopefully I'll be able to post some impressions later on.

[m1ke_nyc]

Playing on all star across the board im noticing a ton of 1st pitches straight down the middle from the AI. Maybe I have to up the difficulty. And that pitch stutter is a game breaker. Its starting to happen even more now.

[cdncurrency]

1st game in with the Jays and wow...i'll post a few impressions here.

The intro? chills.

The soundtrack? It's awesome.

leadoff home-run with Reyes. I haven't played the game in months too !

The ball physics are out of this world. Gamechanger and makes 12 obsolete!

Players mannerisms are crazy, definitely a 'little things' improvement I'm loving.

Players have never looked this real

Dickey's knuckleball is going to take me some time to master.....

The graphics on the stadiums big screens and surrounding LED boards? AMAZING

There's this pop stand behind the backstop at the Rogers Centre that looks so real...can't...stop...looking....

Won on a wild pitch, in an 8-7 thriller vs. the Sox. I'll have to up the difficulty from All-Star because I was raking but yeah. This game isn't getting old anytime soon.

[iRepIndiana]

The visual on the pulse pitching is so much easier on the eyes. I don't feel like I'm going to have a seizure.